Label scraping attachment for bottle washing machines



Oct. 29, 1946.

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' LABEL SCRAPING ATTA Filed Dec. 21

@m Om S J o g v 5 y: 6M1? o v a O. IY Z 9 o OM. m 3 m u INVENTORS MARcELJAMIE LAURENT. TZEM BLAY W701! m7? ATTORNEY UNITED Patented Get. 29 1946 v I e 2,4105% t i LABEL sonar "G ATTACHMENT FOR no'i'riin'wasinnc nncniwns i Application December 21, l944,Serial No. 569,186

3 Claims. (Cl. 134-104) 1 This invention relates to bottle washing suitable substantially triangular frame members machines and the object is to provide improved made of wood or other suitable material. This means for removing the labels which are detached provides a bucket-like scraper whose side, rear machine casing. is travelling in the direction indicated by the More particularly, the invention consists in arrow A.

providing a label scraping attachment which may The attaching members it consist of rods slidbe conveniently passed through the front openab y nt in p er and lower brackets 19 ing of the bottle washing machine and quickly carried by the rear member I! of scraper 13. attached to a part of the bottle conveyor so that h s at a e m s are pr v d d, at their by appropriate operation OI the conveyor th lower ends, with enlargements 20 and, at their label scraping attachment may be moved rearupper ends, with U-shaped fittings 2| adapted to wardly over the bottom wall of the machine casbe fitted Over One o the y a H s ing in scraping contact therewith and will thusshown and secured in place by set screws 22.

force the labels deposited on said wall toward In the usual bottle washing machine the clearthe rear end of the machine where the labels are ance B between the front end of bottle conveyor continuously removed through a door provided b and the front wall 5a of casing 5 is less than Other characteristic features andadvantages the bottle conveyor and the bottom wall 5?) of the of the invention will be more readily understood casing. It will thus be seen that a rigid scraper irom the following detailed description of the at achment which is long enough to reach from accompanying drawing, in Which the lower run of the bottle conveyor to the bot- Fig. l is a longitudinal sectional view of acontom wall 5b of the casing would be too long to ventional bottle washing machine and shows our p gh e Clearance pa t is for th s improved label scraping attachment secured to a reason that We provide a Sliding c nect n part of the bottle conveyor. between the scraper element I3 and its attach- Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the ing members scraping attachment per se, the part of the bot- In a p ln our lmp v scraper ttachment tle conveyor to which it is attached being indiscraper element '3 and its attaching members l4 cated by dotted lines. a are passed through the front casing opening 1 In this drawing we have shown only those parts and the U-shaped fittings 2| are fitted over and of a conventional bottle washing machine which fastened to one of the conveyor cross bars H. are necessary to an understanding of our inven- The sliding connection between scraper l3 and tion. Such parts comprise the casing 5 and the the attaching members I 4 permits the scraper [3 bottle conveyor generally indicated at 6 to move inwai dly along the members, M to short- The casing 5 18 provided with the usual front en the overall length of the attachment so that opening 7 normally closed by a hinged door 8 it w 1 pass downwardly through the relatively of which is shown) trained around suitable 4O ment, is carried downwardly and rearwardly by sprockets I0 and carry between them transoperation of the bottle carrier 6 the attaching versely extending bars ll. members is gradu The, scraping attachment provided in a;ccord with their enlarged ends 26 di ance with our invention comprises a scraper eleand the scraper element l3 slides downwardly on merit I3 equipped with attaching members M for the members it until its low securing it to one of the transversely extending comes to rest on the bottom casing wall 5b. The bars II of the bottle conveyor 6. The scraper bottle carrier is operated to element l3 comprises a top member l5, side memrearwardly to a position close to an opening at bers l6 and a rear member ll the latter being e rear end of the casing which is normally provided with a lower scraping edge I 8. As here closed by a door 24. When the scraper element shown the top and rear members I5 and I1 conl3 reaches this position the labels which are rectangular frame members made of wood or through the door-24. The so other suitable material. The side members l8 may then be removed so as not to interfere with also consist of wire cloth or netting secured to subsequent bottle washing operations.

We claim! 1. A label scraping attachment of the character described comprising a scraper provided with vertically disposed guide brackets, vertically disposed guide rods extending slidably through said brackets and equipped, at their lower ends, with stops engageable with certain of said brackets, and means at the upper ends of said rods for attaching them to a part of the bottle carrier of a bottle washing machine.

2. A label scraping attachment of the character described comprising a scraper element comprising top, side and rear members, vertically extending attaching rods to which the rear member of the scraper element is slidably secured for limited sliding movement in either direction longitudinally of said rods, and means, at the upper ends of said rods, for attaching the same to a part of the bottle carrier of a bottle washing machine.

3. A label scraping attachment of the character described comprising craper element including top, side and rear members, a pair of vertically extending attachingrods to which the scraper element is slidably secured for limited sliding movement in either direction longitudinally of said rods, U-shaped fittings at the upper ends of said rods adapted to be fitted over a part of the bottle carrier of a bottle washing machine, and means carried by said U-shaped fittings for securing them to the aforesaid part of the bottle carrier.

MARCEL JAMIESON. LAURENT TREMBLAY. 

